Reciprocating churn



(No M odel.) I

H. OFBARTLETT & J. BURD.

' Reciprocating Churn.

No. 240,364. Patented April 19,1881;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY O. BARTLETT AND JOHN BURD, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

RECIPROCATING CHUR'N.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 240,364, dated April 19, 1881. Application filed February 28, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, H. O. BARTLETT and J. BURD, of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reciprocating Ohurns and we do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in reciprocating churns; and it consists, first, in the compound arrangement of operating levers or handles, whereby a longer and more powerful stroke is imparted to the dasher without the expenditure of as much power as where but a single operating-lever is used second, in providing each one of the levers with a removable support or standard, which catches in a socket made for it in the top edge of the churn, and thus enables the handles to be readily removed from the churn whenever it is desired to fill and empty the churn or cleanit.

The object of our invention is to gain an increased length of stroke, and to enable the operatin g handles or levers to be quickly applied to or rempved from the churn, as may be desired.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our invention, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

A represents a churn -body of 'any desired construction, and B the dasher. To the upper end of this dasher is pivoted the shorter end of the lever O, which is pivoted upon the standard D, which catches in a pocket or recess, E, made on the side of the top of the churn. The outer end of this lever O is pivoted to the long handle or lever F, there being a block, G,

placed between the two levers, where they are pivoted together, so as to keep them sufficiently far apart to allow the standard D to project up between them and not interfere with their operation. The outer end of this long lever F extends sufficiently far beyond the pivoted end of the lever O to form a convenient handle for operating the dasher, while the inner end of the lever extends'across the top of the churn, and has a slot, I, made through its other end for a projection or pivot, 0, upon the standard L to pass through. As this lever has a considerable endwise movement while it is being worked up and down,this slot is necessary to allow it to play back and forth upon this pivot. The standard L,.like the one D, has its lower end made to fit in a socket or recess, N, made in the top edge of the churn, so as to be readily removable.

Whenever it is desired to pack the churn for transportation, clean it out, or empty it of its contents, it is only necessary to pull upward upon these two standards, and the two levers will be removed from the churn.

Having thus described our invention, we claim I 1. In combination with a churn and a vertically-moving dasher, the two operating-levers O F, each one being provided with a pivot and standard ofits own, and pivoted together, substantially as shown; I

2. In a churn, the combination of the churnhody provided with the recesses or pockets E N, the two removable standards, and the two operating-levers pivoted upon the standards and pivoted together, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY CLAY BARTLETT. JOHN BURD.

. Witnesses:

T. H. SCHNEIDER, L. H. WEBSTER. 

